“We cannot make it personal. The noble Iscool may make all the statements that he wishes in whatever form he wishes with or without any justification whatsoever. He may be the most foaming at the mouth rabid anti Catholic whatsoever. His comments may resemble the leavings of the great apes, but we must never make it personal in our reply back to him. If we cannot debate him on theological and Scriptural grounds, then we should not debate him at all. We do not know that he has a need to be anti Catholic at all times and even if he does, we must not comment on it.”
The “noble” Iscool? HA! Next time please report me to the moderator. At least s/he won’t grandstand while she’s reminding me of the rules nor will she use the royal “we”. Anyway, she calls me on it - I’ll apologize - end of story. If it’s not the end of the story - I’d rather get banned - conprende?!
***“We cannot make it personal. The noble Iscool may make all the statements that he wishes in whatever form he wishes with or without any justification whatsoever. He may be the most foaming at the mouth rabid anti Catholic whatsoever. His comments may resemble the leavings of the great apes, but we must never make it personal in our reply back to him. If we cannot debate him on theological and Scriptural grounds, then we should not debate him at all. We do not know that he has a need to be anti Catholic at all times and even if he does, we must not comment on it.”
The “noble” Iscool? HA! Next time please report me to the moderator. At least s/he won’t grandstand while she’s reminding me of the rules nor will she use the royal “we”. Anyway, she calls me on it - I’ll apologize - end of story. If it’s not the end of the story - I’d rather get banned - conprende?!***
Well, so to speak, yes. But the rules, and the Religion Moderator will hopefully confirm that I understand them correctly, state that one cannot make anything personal. That means that no matter how idiotic or asinine the post, no matter how how divorced from reality, no matter how severe the attack upon the Church, no matter how infantile the post or how much it mocks all that we hold dear, we must treat it as simple words upon a page, as we might imagine the poster. But we must not make it personal.